Press ( poker )

Give a stake player more chips to play on, after he loses his first stack; usually equal to half of what he started with. For example, the shift manager used Crying Cal to help get a game started, by staking Cal, for which he gave Cal $40 in house chips with which to play. Cal lost the $40, and the game is in danger of breaking up, so the shift manager goes to the cage, and says to the cashier, "Press Cal," for which the cashier gives him $20, and writes the $20 on the sheet.